Fastening for wearing apparel



April 1 1924. r 1,488,841

- R. N. a. SCOTT FASTENING FOR WEARING APPAREL Filed May 11, 1922 Patented Apr. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES 1 ROBERT NOEL GIRLING SUOTT, OF SIMLA, INDIA.

, FASTENING non "WEARING APPAREL.

Application filed May 11, 1922. Serial No. 560,154.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ROBERT Noni. GIRL- ING Soon, a subject of theKing of England, residing at Simla, India, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenings for Wearing Apparel and the like, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention is for improvements in or relating to fastenings for wearing apparel and the like and has for one of its objects to facilitate the fitting and making up of clothing during manufacture. known that difficulty is experienced in correctly fixing in place the two halves of such fasteners as hooks and eyes and press buttons upon two edges of a garment which have to be secured together when the garment is in place. Unless the two fastener halves or parts are correctly spaced, of

course, the garment will not fit properly; hence it is necessary to attend to this matter carefully. Sometimes ordinary ins are used to mark the spot for fixing a astenermember in place but this is not a very satisfactory method since very frequently the pins become dislodged in removing the garment; moreover the pins do notindicate the required positions sufliciently accurately in many instances.

According to the primary feature of the present invention there is provided a temporary fastening for use in fitting and making up wearing apparel and the like, com

- temporarily with another fastener-member formed or affixed temporarily or permanently in operative. position upon the wearing apparel or the like. The fastener-member carried by the pin, since it is the counterpart of the fastener-member actually re quired to be permanently fixed in position indicates to a nicety the desired position.

Furthermore, it enables the fitting and making up to be carried out expeditiously and accurately.

Conveniently, the pin has a, protuberance adjacent the fastener-member it carries, to

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vton or snap fastening.

grip between said protuberance and said fastener-member the material of the wear ing apparel or the like into which the pin is inserted. By this means the pin is prevented from being accidentally withdrawn from position owing to occurrences which would very readily cause the dislodging of an ordinary pin.

' The pin may carry a plurality of fastener-members of different nature (for ex-v ample the eye of a hook-and-eye fastener and the female part of a snap fastening or press button). Thus a single pin is adapted to be used in connection with more than one type of fastening.

For a more complete understanding of the invention there will now be described, by way of example only and with reference to the accompanying drawings, several constructional forms of temporary fastening according to the present invention. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the precise constructional details set forth.

In these drawings c Figure 1 is a side elevation of a form of temporary fastening according to the present invention in which the pin carries a hook, which is intended to. be the counterpart of a hook in the well known hook-andeye fastening.

Figure 2 is a plan of the construction shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a form of temporary fastening according to the present invention in which the pin carries a counterpart of the male part of a press but- Figure I is a plan of the construction shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of a form of temporary fastening according to the present invention in which the pin carries counterparts of the eye in the well known hookand-eye fastening, and also the counterpart of the female part, of a press button or snap fastening.

Figure 6 is a plan of the construction .shown in Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of a form of temporary fastening according to the present invention in which the pin carries a counterpart of an ordinary button as used in connection with a button hole. I

Figure 8 is a plan of the construction shown in Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of a form of temporary fastening according to the pres ont invention in which the pin has on it a counterpart of a button difl'erent from that shown in Figure 7.

Figure 10 is a plan of the construction shown in Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a side elevation of a form of temporary fastening according to the pres ent invention in which the pin carries a counterpart of a button hole.

Figure 12 is a plan ofthe construction shown in Figure 11.

Figure 13 is a side elevation of a form of temporary fastening according to the present invention in which the pin carries a counterpart of a button hole made somewhat differently from that shown in Figure 11 and Figure 14: is a plan of the construction shown in Figure 13.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

In each 01 the constructions illustrated,

which may be made in any desired sizes, there is a pin 10 which has a-shank that extends in one general direction from the head end to the point and is intended to be inserted into the inaterial being dealt with. It will be appreciated that this pin is of such length that it can be readily adjusted lengthwise in the material in order to locate it accurately and permit the fastener-memher which it carries at the head end of the shank to co-operate temporarily with an other fastener-member formed or affixed in operative position upon the wearing apparel or the like. The other fastener-member may be either permanently fixed in place or only temporarily. For instance on both edges of the material being dealt with there may be inserted temporary iastenings according to the present invention each car rying counterparts of diiierent halves of a fastenlng. Adjacent the fastener-member which it carries, the pin 101s bent and has a protuberance 11 formed by bending or other means. This protuberance will grip between it and the fastener-member the material of the wearing apparel or the like into which the pin 10 is inserted and thus will resist detachment of the pin. The purpose of this arrangement has already been described. The pin 10 is also shown as being spirally twisted at 18 to assist it in maintaining its position in the material in which it .is inserted.

counterparts of an eye .14 andthe female .pe .l ..0f "ere b to '.v p. f s n This duplicate arrangement is given .as-an example of many difierent combinations which can obviously be made between the parts of various fastenings. In Figures '7 and 8 the pin 10 is shown as carrying the counterpart of a button 16 to be used in conjunction with button holes. The button 16 may be sewn upon a soft flexible member 17 carried by the pin. Thus a certain amount of flexibility is given to the button 16 to assist in passing it through the button hole. In Figures 9 and 10 the pin 10 is shown as carrying the counterpart of a metal button 19 which is rigidly formed on or attached to the head of the pin. In F igures 11 and 12 the counterpart 20 ot the button hole carried by the pin 10 is simply a ring of cotton or similar materialpwhil in Figures 18 andle'the button hole is formed in apiece 21 of leather, canvas or other suitable material.

One method of using the temporary i: stenings according to the present invention is to fix in place permanently first of all one set of fastener-members upon the one edge of say a garment and then to determine the positions on the other edge of the garment which the co-ogerating fastenermembers are to occupy by means of a set of temporary fastenings according to the present invention. The pins will retain the temporary fastenings in place sufliciently rigidly to permit of very carefulfitting of the garment being carried out and they can be relied upon to remain in position until after the garment has beenremoved and to give arreliable indication of the positions at which the said co-operating fastener- 'IIIGIHbBIS have to be formed or ailiXed. Ad-

ditional security may be obtained by so in-.

serting the pin that its point lies forwardly in the direction of the pull exerted upon the pin when its fastener is coupled to the cooperating fastenenmember, and that the bend forming the head of the pin is engaged by thefabric.

These various forms of fastener-members are only given by way of example since it is to be understood that any type of fastener member may have its counterpart. mounted upon the pin without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Any convenient material may be employed in the manufacture of the various parts of the temporary fastening according to the present invention.

I claim:

1. In a temporary separable fastening, a. pin having a shank that extends lengthwise :in one general directionfrom the head end to the point and is of such length that it can be adjusted len thwise. in ,aupiece 'of material into which it is inserted, and which shank carries at its headend a'fastenermember adapted ,to engagea jsecond; fastenermember sa d shank having .a :-protuberance so arranged adjacent to the. first said fastener-member as to grip between the same the material into which the pin is inserted, for the purpose described.

2. In a temporary separable fastening, a pin having a shank that extends lengthwise in one general direction from the head end to the point and is of such a length that it can be adjusted lengthwise in a piece of material into which it is inserted, which shank carries at its head end a plurality of fastener-members differing in form one from another and adapted each to engage a different kind of cooperating fastenermember, said shank having a protuberance so arranged adjacent to one of said fastenermembers on the shank as to grip between the same the material into which the pin is inserted, for the purpose described.

3. In a temporary separable fastening, a

pin having a shank that extends lengthwise in one general direction from the head end to the point and is of such a length that it can be adjusted lengthwise in a piece of material into which it is inserted, which shank carries at its head end the eye-part of a hook-and-eye fastener and the socket part of a snap-fastener, said shank having a protuberance so arranged adjacent to one of said parts carried by it as to grip between the same the material into which the pin is inserted, for the purpose described.

4. In combination with a garment having parts to be fastened, a pin having a shank that extends lengthwise in one general direction from the head end to the point and is inserted into one of said parts and is of such a length that it can be adjusted lengthwise therein, which shank carries at its head end a fastener-member, a second fastener-member secured permanently in another of said parts of said garment, said shank having a protuberance so arranged adjacent to the first said fastener-member as to grip between the same the material of the part of the garment into which the pin is inserted.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROBERT NOEL GIRLING SCOTT. 

